公开(公告)号：US20230181367A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-15

申请号：US18062663

申请日：2022-12-07

Applicant: Alcon Inc.

Inventor： Mark Harrison Farley ,  Chenguang Diao ,  Mark Alan Hopkins ,  Alireza Mirsepassi ,  Timothy C. Ryan ,  Ronald T. Smith ,  Dennis Martin Terenzio

IPC: A61F9/008 ,  A61B18/22

CPC classification number: A61F9/00823 ,  A61B18/22 ,  A61B2018/00589

Abstract: Certain embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and devices for coupling optical fibers with laser surgical systems. In particular, certain aspects provide a push-pull connector and adapter for releasably coupling an optical fiber with a port of a laser surgical system. The connector and adapter facilitate mechanical lateral and rotational guidance of the optical fiber during insertion into the port to ensure proper alignment (e.g., clocking) of the optical fiber’s cores with a laser beam pattern propagated by the laser surgical system. Accordingly, the connector and adaptor enable improved coupling efficiency between the laser beam pattern and one or more cores of the optical fiber, and therefore improved power uniformity between multiple laser beams transmitted through the cores.

公开(公告)号：US20230181266A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-15

申请号：US18062620

申请日：2022-12-07

Applicant: Alcon Inc.

Inventor： Paul R. Hallen ,  Mark Alan Hopkins

IPC: A61B34/00 ,  G06F21/35 ,  G06F21/32 ,  G06V40/16 ,  G06V20/64 ,  G06K19/07

CPC classification number: A61B34/25 ,  G06F21/35 ,  G06F21/32 ,  G06V40/172 ,  G06V20/64 ,  G06K19/0723 ,  A61B2034/258

Abstract: Systems are provided for automatically configuring devices and systems in an operating environment, e.g., an ophthalmic operating environment, to a user's desired settings. The system includes a controller configured to identify a user, e.g., a surgeon, via the utilization of a user-identifying identifier, e.g., a radio-frequency identification (RFID) device, which may communicate with a receiver operably coupled to the controller. The controller may further be configured to identify a surgical device, e.g., an ophthalmic probe, being used by the user during a surgical procedure via a device-associated identifier, e.g., a device-specific RFID device. Upon identification of the user and the surgical device, the controller may map the user and surgical device to one or more sets of predefined and user-input parameters/settings, and further configure the surgical device based on the mapped one or more sets of previously-determined parameters/settings.